• The Greek epigram intimates that the force of love is not shown by the courting of beauty, but where the like desire is inflamed for one who is ill-favored.

    Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Greek epigram intimates that the force of love is not shown by the courting of beauty, but where the like desire is inflamed for one who is ill-favored.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “Nature and Other Essays”, p.115, Courier Corporation